Kit – can they not just give you some finasteride or spirolactone to calm it down for a bit???

I had to go look those up…interesting!

No, when I complained about the pain/lack of sleep he said that this was to be expected (he didn’t tell me beforehand even though I guessed it would be a problem!) and I wasn’t to try and suppress them. Presumably so that the skin gets periodically stretched? I’m seeing him tomorrow for a follow-up; six weeks after surgery and I’m still in a fair bit of discomfort so will see what he says!

Can’t top a lot of the above, but probably most painful for me was having an infected cyst on my back cut open by the GP without anesthetic. Yowzer!

Most recently I’ve been having root canal treatment and that can make you wince, but thankfully the intense pain is very short-lived!

Clearly not painful at the time as I was under a general, but I’m recovering from an op where I had all the skin removed from my penis, and some from my scrotum, and replaced with a graft from my thigh. It’s been a sore recovery (especially nocturnal, ahem, stirrings) but nothing compared to other stories on here!

Cut myself shaving 😉

Deeper than my wound…

Tsk, nothing for scale. Could be 1mm wide for all we know 😉

This one isn’t on the skew, the rock layers are really slanted like this:

You sure…? 😉

If I ever get the snip, it’ll be a walk in the park compared to what I’ve just been through/am going through ‘down there’ :/

Yeti ASR5 by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Got my own photos, but really nothing’s going to beat this from the ESA 😀

Proba-2 view of Europe's solar eclipse by europeanspaceagency[/url], on Flickr

Matt, that’s awesome!

Oh look, another f…… Forth Rail Bridge photo… Bit of a unique angle though 😉

Forth Bridge 125th birthday by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Sorry! Another sunset/Forth Bridge photo…

Forth Bridges Sunset-00101 by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Yes fasthaggis, made it onto the front page for a while too, and made some money selling it for another website 🙂

Here’s one from yesterday. A phallic Valentine’s Day symbol if ever I saw one 😉

Royal Observatory Scope stitch by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Sorry, bit quick off the mark tonight. I prefer this one 😉

Forth Rail Bridge Sunset 2 Feb 7th 15 by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Cheers milky! I was admiring jad’s photo above mine, loving the colours.

Gifted an astounding sunset tonight.

Forth Rail Bridge Sunset Feb 7th 15 by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Could you help with a survey?

Yes, I could. Will I…?

Eastern European? Female? Still got their number…?

Royal Observatory Sunrise by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Not that I won (or entered…), but the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year awards have been announced.

2014 Winning images

Was there in October (not climbing). Watched a few groups trying it though…

California and Yosemite-7.jpg by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Shame Sturgeon didn’t feel the same way about the marine renewable industry she quietly shut down once Salmond was out the picture.

Got a source/link for that?

Is stuff not selling or overpriced? Been meaning to sell a frame for ages, but never got around it. Needs a clean and just. can’t. be. arsed.

Is there any other industry which causes so much pollution and makes all its profits exploiting a natural resource belonging to the country not the company?

Mining.

At last, one taken within the last month 🙂

Arthur's Seat from the Scott Monument by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Extremely proud of this one (Skye, November)!

Storr and Sheep.jpg by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

Most of Edinburgh’s roads are in ruins, do they count?

😀

New or used? I’ve got a 18″ Orange ST4 for sale. Well, been meaning to sell it since the start of the year but couldn’t be arsed cleaning it, getting photos, etc…

You can just about see the tiny people at the bottom of the waterfall…

California and Yosemite-16.jpg
by Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr

The Nextmen 🙂

Over a month now as it’s taken me some time to process holiday photos!

San Francisco October 2014.jpg

Nexus 5 bought direct from Google and still no Lollipop OTA…

Half Dome Star Trail by Ginger F0x[/url], on Flickr

Could be better, but it took so long to make that I can’t be bothered tweaking!

140mm Revs on 120mm ASR-5. Bit tricky on steep uphills, but otherwise feels nice.

Yeti ASR5 by Ginger F0x[/url], on Flickr

John Lewis advert ‘condones penguin sex trafficking’

You can tell from his expression that Monty is evil. God knows what that beady-eyed waddling pervert has in store for her.

😀

OP, feel free to ignore, but my recommendations would be…

I would suggest reading this: Shelter Scotland – Eviction before the end of your tenancy

And this: Shelter Scotland – Grounds for eviction for assured and short assured tenants

Basically, you’re legally entitled to evict your tenant before the end of their lease using ground #1 “Landlord wants property to be own home or the property was previously their own home“. To do this you must go through the proper legal process, as outlined in the first Shelter link I gave. Your tenant also has the legal right to defend themselves against eviction in court.

So I believe your agents are correct; they can serve notice to quit at the end of the tenancy, but you would have to wait. If you want in sooner, you need to serve an eviction notice.

I would think the best thing to do is contact the tenant directly and have a good chat with her. Going through your agent can result in mixed/wrong messages, even with best intentions. Explain your situation and the route you might have to go down, and whether she would be likely to comply or fight. Give her time to think about it and get back to you. If she’s adamant that she will fight it in court, you may decide it’s not worth the hassle. But unless she is deemed vulnerable, I would think that you have reasonable grounds for repossession if it went that far.

Anyway, you should contact either Shelter (0808 800 4444) or Landlord Accreditation Scotland (0131 553 2211). Both will give you much better advice than here.